Last Modified: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:05 a.m.

Mrs. Austin was born in Union, October 4, 1926, a daughter of the late Walter Ervin Cooper and Lois Tucker Cooper. She was retired from Wallace Thomson Hospital as nurse's assistant after 25 years of services and was

a member of Hillside Baptist Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Joyce Vaughan of NC, Glynnette Scott and

husband Ricky and Sherree Malpass and husband Danny Ray, all of Buffalo; five sisters, Mable Benton, Melinda Benfield, Margie Caldwell and Betty Richards, all of North Carolina, and Martha Winchester of Union; 9 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Austin was predeceased by a daughter, Frances Elliott; three sisters, Virginia Cooper, Louise Williams and Juanita Inman; and two brothers, Walter Cooper and Johnny Cooper.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev. Dewayne Rueter. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery.